“Miss?”
“Yes Felix?” Came the response.
“Can I go outside, it’s just…” I was stopped half way through my sentence.
“I understand. This work can be quite taxing.” Even the Mrs Pott found the work boring.
              I nodded my head in gratitude, and walked out of the loud classroom. As I walked along the corridor, I was thinking about only one thing; her. I was hoping that she wouldn’t come, today of all days.
                The summer sun  warmed the top of my head. I sat down on a bench and sighed. Then, almost like very annoying lighting, a girl appeared in front of me. “Oh my god Erika! I nearly crapped myself!!”
“Always when you least expect it!” Erika winked at Me. I wasn’t buying it.
“What do you want now…” I said.
“Why do you always think that I’m after something?” Erika said meekly.
“Because you always are!!”
“Oh, yeah, of course.” Erika smiled.
“So…”I said impatiently.
“Oh. I need you to help me with some homework. It’s math. You’re good at that. Aren’t you?”
“What sort of Math?” I replied, sounding vaguely interested.
“Algebra. It’s worse than turds on toast.”
“That’s gotta be the strangest analogy that I’ve ever heard. It doesn’t make sense. YOU don’t make sense.”
“Come on. Let’s go. I need it done before seven, I‘m going out.” Erika said, pulling on my shirt sleeve.
“What, where?”
Erika giggled. “To my house, silly.”
“It’s in the middle of school time, you do realise that.” I stated.
“Yeah. I guess it is.” Erika smiled, and began to walk away.
I didn’t answer,  just followed.

                          It was a long walk to Erika’s house, about 2 miles. Just thinking about it scared me. 2 miles. With Erika. Erika’s house was at the other end of town, somewhere which is rarely visit, mostly because it’s where the rich kids live. Erika isn’t rich though, just very lucky. “So, what’s happening with you…?” I asked, trying to break the painful silence.
“Don’t give me bullshit, Felix. You know why we’re really here.” Erika spoke in a harsh tone that she had never used before.
“I..I don’t understand….” I said.
“Of course you do. Otherwise you wouldn’t skip class, would you?
“I dunno, I just wanted to help you…” I said, confused and slightly freaked out.
“No, Felix, I’m the one helping you.”